A former undercover C.I.A. agent will be handed over to Italy, where she was convicted of taking part in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in one of the renditions ordered by the George W. Bush administration, after appellate courts in Portugal, where she lives, turned down her appeal this week.
The cleric, Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, was seized in Milan in February 2003 as part of the United States’ practice of rendition, in which a terrorism suspect is captured and delivered to another country for interrogation.
Mr. Nasr was taken to a military base before being transferred to Egypt, where he claims he was tortured.
The case riveted Italy and became a major source of friction in relations between the United States and Italy.
In 2013, an Italian court sentenced Mr. Nasr in absentia to six years in prison for terrorism activities. He remains in Egypt.
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The cleric, Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, was seized in Milan in February 2003 as part of the United States’ practice of rendition, in which a terrorism suspect is captured and delivered to another country for interrogation.
Mr. Nasr was taken to a military base before being transferred to Egypt, where he claims he was tortured.
The case riveted Italy and became a major source of friction in relations between the United States and Italy.
In 2013, an Italian court sentenced Mr. Nasr in absentia to six years in prison for terrorism activities. He remains in Egypt.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/w...n-of-ex-cia-agent-to-italy.html?smid=re-share